![]() ![]() And many therapeutic approaches emphasize reducing or eliminating "autistic behaviors" - from hand flapping to spinning and echolalia (seemingly random word repetition). Prizant's book, "Uniquely Human," points out that autism has traditionally been understood as a checklist of deficits - what a person on the spectrum can't do, what they lack or fail at. ![]() What makes autism tricky to define is that some individuals can be more significantly impaired by these challenges than others: "If you've seen one person with autism, you've seen one person with autism," goes the mantra in the community.īarry M. Those with autism may have impaired verbal and social communication rigid, restrictive and repetitive behaviors uneven intellectual development sensitivity (hypo or hyper) to sensory input challenges with fine and gross motor skills, among other characteristics. ![]()
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